Chef Rich Hinojosa,
of The Wigwam, is working with students in Chris Contreras' culinary classes at
Millennium High School in Goodyear to help produce this year's Careers in
Culinary Arts Program's (CCAP) Harvest Moon Dinner.
Set for 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 27 at Goodyear's Cancer Treatment Centers of America, the dinner will
feature small plates from two dozen different high school teams led by some of
Arizona's top chefs.
"I want this
to be an exciting and fun learning experience for these students," says
Chef Hinojosa.
He took to the
kitchen recently (above) with students (l-r) Marissa Bajarano, Alexis Casas, Aaron
Davis and Isaiah Harris to test shrimp risotto with asparagus coulis and a
citrus demiglace.
Arizona CCAP
director Jill Smith says the event will also feature mixolgists from Arizona
Cocktail Week, who will present cocktails to complement the students' plates.
Participating chefs
include Beau MacMillan and Mark Tarbell as emcees. Besides Chef Hinojosa, Chefs Amy Binkley, Ryan Clark,
Charlene Badman, Todd Allison, Marcos Seville, Tracy Dempsey, and Eugenia Theodosoupolos
are among the chefs leading student teams.
Tickets for the
event, $100 per person, are available now through http://azharvestmoon2015.bpt.me.
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